This multi-million-dollar McLaren F1 got wrecked today

Chassis #072 flips, crashes into tree in Italy.

Ouch. The car shown above is McLaren F1, chassis #072. As you can see, it's dressed with the factory downforce package and is quite beautiful. Its owner also happens to have a matching McLaren MP4-12C dubbed "Bespoke Project 8", which was the subject of a 2012 Top Gear Magazine profile.

Today, the F1 was wrecked during a group McLaren drive in italy. For reasons that are yet to be determined, it flipped and hit a tree. Here's what she looks like now:

The photographer of the "before" photo at the top of the page, who goes by the handle Peloton25 on Flickr, spoke to a person at the event, in which McLaren owner Rowan Atkinson (no stranger to putting F1s into trees) was also a participant. The driver and passenger of #072 were airlifted to the hospital, but there were reportedly no serious injuries, meaning that the car did its duty.

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Whether it's recoverable and restorable remains to be seen, but given that McLaren F1 values are bonkers, it's a good bet that the owner will give it a shot if it seems at all feasible.